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Monday, December 12, 2011

What are you passionate about?

Recently, someone asked me, 'what are you passionate about?'. I didn't have to think for very long to come up with an answer.

I am passionate about kids. I don't want to see kids hurt, sick, hungry or unhappy in any way. Childhood should be a magical time of learning and exploring and making good memories.

I am passionate about women. Women's issues drive me. Women have less access to health care. Women struggle as single parents. Women are targets for violence.

I am passionate about health care. I believe that health care is a right, not a luxury. Everyone should have access to quality health care whether they have insurance or not.

I am passionate about music and the arts. What would the world be like without them? Music and art have the ability to make me forget or bring back a memory so vivid that I feel as if I am reliving a moment.

I am passionate about food. I am a mother of children who have/had food allergies. I have watched availability of products grow over the past couple of decades. I want to see quality, good tasting, healthy food available for everyone.

I am passionate about books. Real books. The kind that you can hold in your hand and smell the ink on the pages. I have been a bookworm since the age of 2! I can't imagine not reading. I want to pass my love for reading on to my children and grandchildren.

I am passionate about learning. Learning something new makes me high! You never stop learning if you are open to it.

I am passionate about my family. I love my children. I worship my grandson. I would kill to protect them all.

Seems like you hit all of mine, but I am also passionate about anyone who is unable to fight back, whether it is a senior citizen, a child, a terrified spouse, a disabled person, or even innocent animals.